Deleting a partition

Hi,

When I installed Windows X64, I partitioned my hard drive so that it would
have 3 partitions. I now want to delete one of the partitions. I did a
Microsoft search and found that I needed to go into Disk Management, right
click on the partition, and click delete. I did that but it didn't remove
the partition. It's still there but can't be accessed.

My computer consists of my C drive where all of my programs are located.
The D drive contains files that I use. The E drive was empty and I couldn't
fine a use for it, so I want to add D and E to make 1 large partition and not
to touch the C drive. I've already backed up everything that's on the D
drive.

How do I combine D and E to made 1 large partition without buying a program
such as Parition Magic?
--
Denise

~ If you don't know where you came from, you won't know where you're going.

Denise
Tue Mar 27 18:20:57 CDT 2007

Thanks for the instructions Maratonmannen. I don't know why more people
don't know how to do this. It's simple and it doesn't cost any money for a
program, and it joined the partitions quickly and easily. Two Thumbs Up!
--
Denise

~ If you don't know where you came from, you won't know where you're going.


"Maratonmannen" wrote:

> If you delete D, the space (D+E) will be non allocated. Just rightclick on it
> and create a new partition and format. The new partition is as big as D plus
> E were.
>
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>
>
> "Denise" wrote:
>
> > The drive consists of C, D and E. I have everything backed up that on my D
> > drive. If I delete the D drive, won't the same thing happen, where it
> > becomes inaccesible space on the drive? That's what happened when I deleted
> > the E drive.
> > --
> > Denise
> >
> > ~ If you don't know where you came from, you won't know where you're going.
> >
> >
> > "Maratonmannen" wrote:
> >
> > > You can´t do that with the Disk Management in XP. You have to go Vista for
> > > that option.
> > > If you have backed up everything on D, you may delete the D + E partitions
> > > and then you have 1 large. Or buy PM.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Asus P5WDG2 WS Pro (i975X Express)
> > > Core 2 Extreme X6800
> > > RAPTOR 2x150 GB RAID 0
> > > 4GB DDR2 800MHz
> > > GeForce 8800GTX (97.92+101.41)
> > > Enermax 1000W 75A@+12V
> > > LAN 100/100
> > > XP x64 dualboot Vista x64
> > >
> > >
> > > "Denise" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > When I installed Windows X64, I partitioned my hard drive so that it would
> > > > have 3 partitions. I now want to delete one of the partitions. I did a
> > > > Microsoft search and found that I needed to go into Disk Management, right
> > > > click on the partition, and click delete. I did that but it didn't remove
> > > > the partition. It's still there but can't be accessed.
> > > >
> > > > My computer consists of my C drive where all of my programs are located.
> > > > The D drive contains files that I use. The E drive was empty and I couldn't
> > > > fine a use for it, so I want to add D and E to make 1 large partition and not
> > > > to touch the C drive. I've already backed up everything that's on the D
> > > > drive.
> > > >
> > > > How do I combine D and E to made 1 large partition without buying a program
> > > > such as Parition Magic?
> > > > --
> > > > Denise
> > > >
> > > > ~ If you don't know where you came from, you won't know where you're going.

Maratonmannen
Tue Mar 27 19:56:40 CDT 2007

You can´t do that with the Disk Management in XP. You have to go Vista for
that option.
If you have backed up everything on D, you may delete the D + E partitions
and then you have 1 large. Or buy PM.

--
Asus P5WDG2 WS Pro (i975X Express)
Core 2 Extreme X6800
RAPTOR 2x150 GB RAID 0
4GB DDR2 800MHz
GeForce 8800GTX (97.92+101.41)
Enermax 1000W 75A@+12V
LAN 100/100
XP x64 dualboot Vista x64


"Denise" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> When I installed Windows X64, I partitioned my hard drive so that it would
> have 3 partitions. I now want to delete one of the partitions. I did a
> Microsoft search and found that I needed to go into Disk Management, right
> click on the partition, and click delete. I did that but it didn't remove
> the partition. It's still there but can't be accessed.
>
> My computer consists of my C drive where all of my programs are located.
> The D drive contains files that I use. The E drive was empty and I couldn't
> fine a use for it, so I want to add D and E to make 1 large partition and not
> to touch the C drive. I've already backed up everything that's on the D
> drive.
>
> How do I combine D and E to made 1 large partition without buying a program
> such as Parition Magic?
> --
> Denise
>
> ~ If you don't know where you came from, you won't know where you're going.

Denise
Tue Mar 27 19:57:04 CDT 2007

The drive consists of C, D and E. I have everything backed up that on my D
drive. If I delete the D drive, won't the same thing happen, where it
becomes inaccesible space on the drive? That's what happened when I deleted
the E drive.
--
Denise

~ If you don't know where you came from, you won't know where you're going.


"Maratonmannen" wrote:

> You can´t do that with the Disk Management in XP. You have to go Vista for
> that option.
> If you have backed up everything on D, you may delete the D + E partitions
> and then you have 1 large. Or buy PM.
>
> --
> Asus P5WDG2 WS Pro (i975X Express)
> Core 2 Extreme X6800
> RAPTOR 2x150 GB RAID 0
> 4GB DDR2 800MHz
> GeForce 8800GTX (97.92+101.41)
> Enermax 1000W 75A@+12V
> LAN 100/100
> XP x64 dualboot Vista x64
>
>
> "Denise" wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > When I installed Windows X64, I partitioned my hard drive so that it would
> > have 3 partitions. I now want to delete one of the partitions. I did a
> > Microsoft search and found that I needed to go into Disk Management, right
> > click on the partition, and click delete. I did that but it didn't remove
> > the partition. It's still there but can't be accessed.
> >
> > My computer consists of my C drive where all of my programs are located.
> > The D drive contains files that I use. The E drive was empty and I couldn't
> > fine a use for it, so I want to add D and E to make 1 large partition and not
> > to touch the C drive. I've already backed up everything that's on the D
> > drive.
> >
> > How do I combine D and E to made 1 large partition without buying a program
> > such as Parition Magic?
> > --
> > Denise
> >
> > ~ If you don't know where you came from, you won't know where you're going.

Maratonmannen
Tue Mar 27 20:46:23 CDT 2007

If you delete D, the space (D+E) will be non allocated. Just rightclick on it
and create a new partition and format. The new partition is as big as D plus
E were.

--
Asus P5WDG2 WS Pro (i975X Express)
Core 2 Extreme X6800
RAPTOR 2x150 GB RAID 0
4GB DDR2 800MHz
GeForce 8800GTX (97.92+101.41)
Enermax 1000W 75A@+12V
LAN 100/100
XP x64 dualboot Vista x64


"Denise" wrote:

> The drive consists of C, D and E. I have everything backed up that on my D
> drive. If I delete the D drive, won't the same thing happen, where it
> becomes inaccesible space on the drive? That's what happened when I deleted
> the E drive.
> --
> Denise
>
> ~ If you don't know where you came from, you won't know where you're going.
>
>
> "Maratonmannen" wrote:
>
> > You can´t do that with the Disk Management in XP. You have to go Vista for
> > that option.
> > If you have backed up everything on D, you may delete the D + E partitions
> > and then you have 1 large. Or buy PM.
> >
> > --
> > Asus P5WDG2 WS Pro (i975X Express)
> > Core 2 Extreme X6800
> > RAPTOR 2x150 GB RAID 0
> > 4GB DDR2 800MHz
> > GeForce 8800GTX (97.92+101.41)
> > Enermax 1000W 75A@+12V
> > LAN 100/100
> > XP x64 dualboot Vista x64
> >
> >
> > "Denise" wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > When I installed Windows X64, I partitioned my hard drive so that it would
> > > have 3 partitions. I now want to delete one of the partitions. I did a
> > > Microsoft search and found that I needed to go into Disk Management, right
> > > click on the partition, and click delete. I did that but it didn't remove
> > > the partition. It's still there but can't be accessed.
> > >
> > > My computer consists of my C drive where all of my programs are located.
> > > The D drive contains files that I use. The E drive was empty and I couldn't
> > > fine a use for it, so I want to add D and E to make 1 large partition and not
> > > to touch the C drive. I've already backed up everything that's on the D
> > > drive.
> > >
> > > How do I combine D and E to made 1 large partition without buying a program
> > > such as Parition Magic?
> > > --
> > > Denise
> > >
> > > ~ If you don't know where you came from, you won't know where you're going.

R
Wed Mar 28 21:51:41 CDT 2007


"Denise" <Denise@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5CF83C12-E793-4441-B8BB-E64EBB89C9B2@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> When I installed Windows X64, I partitioned my hard drive so that it would
> have 3 partitions. I now want to delete one of the partitions. I did a
> Microsoft search and found that I needed to go into Disk Management, right
> click on the partition, and click delete. I did that but it didn't remove
> the partition. It's still there but can't be accessed.
>
> My computer consists of my C drive where all of my programs are located.
> The D drive contains files that I use. The E drive was empty and I
> couldn't
> fine a use for it, so I want to add D and E to make 1 large partition and
> not
> to touch the C drive. I've already backed up everything that's on the D
> drive.
>
> How do I combine D and E to made 1 large partition without buying a
> program
> such as Parition Magic?
> --
> Denise
>
> ~ If you don't know where you came from, you won't know where you're
> going.

R
Wed Mar 28 22:00:46 CDT 2007

Whoops! I think I just sent a blank message. Sorry!

Hi, Denise.

You said "Windows X64". I assume you mean Windows XP x64. The Windows
Vista x64 (and x86) version of Disk Management is more capable than WinXP,
but, since you've backed up your Drive D:, the job is easy with either
Windows version.

In Disk Management, first delete your Drive E:, then delete Drive D:. Then
create a new Drive D: using all the available space formerly used by both D:
and E:. Finally, restore (or copy) your backed-up files to the new Drive
D:.

Vista's Disk Management also includes a command to Extend Volume. With
this, you would not need to delete and recreate D:. After deleting E:, you
could simply Extend Volume D: to include the now-unallocated space formerly
used by E:. And you could do that WITHOUT having to backup and restore the
files on D:.

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
rc@grandecom.net
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Mail in Vista Ultimate x64)

"Denise" <Denise@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5CF83C12-E793-4441-B8BB-E64EBB89C9B2@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> When I installed Windows X64, I partitioned my hard drive so that it would
> have 3 partitions. I now want to delete one of the partitions. I did a
> Microsoft search and found that I needed to go into Disk Management, right
> click on the partition, and click delete. I did that but it didn't remove
> the partition. It's still there but can't be accessed.
>
> My computer consists of my C drive where all of my programs are located.
> The D drive contains files that I use. The E drive was empty and I
> couldn't
> fine a use for it, so I want to add D and E to make 1 large partition and
> not
> to touch the C drive. I've already backed up everything that's on the D
> drive.
>
> How do I combine D and E to made 1 large partition without buying a
> program
> such as Parition Magic?
> --
> Denise

Denise
Thu Mar 29 09:58:01 CDT 2007

I have Windows XP X64 so that the method given me by Maratonmannen worked
well for me.

It's good information that you've given people with Vista though.
--
Denise

~ If you don't know where you came from, you won't know where you're going.






"R. C. White, MVP" wrote:

> Whoops! I think I just sent a blank message. Sorry!
>
> Hi, Denise.
>
> You said "Windows X64". I assume you mean Windows XP x64. The Windows
> Vista x64 (and x86) version of Disk Management is more capable than WinXP,
> but, since you've backed up your Drive D:, the job is easy with either
> Windows version.
>
> In Disk Management, first delete your Drive E:, then delete Drive D:. Then
> create a new Drive D: using all the available space formerly used by both D:
> and E:. Finally, restore (or copy) your backed-up files to the new Drive
> D:.
>
> Vista's Disk Management also includes a command to Extend Volume. With
> this, you would not need to delete and recreate D:. After deleting E:, you
> could simply Extend Volume D: to include the now-unallocated space formerly
> used by E:. And you could do that WITHOUT having to backup and restore the
> files on D:.
>
> RC
> --
> R. C. White, CPA
> San Marcos, TX
> rc@grandecom.net
> Microsoft Windows MVP
> (Running Windows Mail in Vista Ultimate x64)
>
> "Denise" <Denise@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:5CF83C12-E793-4441-B8BB-E64EBB89C9B2@microsoft.com...
> > Hi,
> >
> > When I installed Windows X64, I partitioned my hard drive so that it would
> > have 3 partitions. I now want to delete one of the partitions. I did a
> > Microsoft search and found that I needed to go into Disk Management, right
> > click on the partition, and click delete. I did that but it didn't remove
> > the partition. It's still there but can't be accessed.
> >
> > My computer consists of my C drive where all of my programs are located.
> > The D drive contains files that I use. The E drive was empty and I
> > couldn't
> > fine a use for it, so I want to add D and E to make 1 large partition and
> > not
> > to touch the C drive. I've already backed up everything that's on the D
> > drive.
> >
> > How do I combine D and E to made 1 large partition without buying a
> > program
> > such as Parition Magic?
> > --
> > Denise
>